Sockenmaedchen

“Much to her regret, this wasn’t the first corpse she’d surveyed. When she had begun doing it, at the Estate, it hadn’t been easy. She’d felt as if she were drowning in dead flesh. The weight of a body and the flashes of its history that leaked into her psyche had actually prompted her to become a vegetarian.”
― Daniel O'Malley, Stiletto

“The universe is a big place. Maybe we're not in the best neighborhood.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“I guess even at thirteen you’re not too old to feel left out. But probably that’s true at any age. Even when we’re really old and in a nursing home there will probably be cliques.”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, To Night Owl from Dogfish

“I wish for my child, for all our children, a world where they can be who they are and become their most loved, blessed, appreciated selves.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is